Over the last decade and a half, the adoption of safe passing laws has been one of the most prominent successes of bicyclist advocates. Every year since 2006 at least one state has adopted a safe passing law.

The National Bike Challenge is still going strong, so we wanted to share stories from some of the riders that came out on top in the May Team Challenge. It’s quite an achievement when you’re competing against 42,935 other riders!

South Bend, IN, a Silver Bicycle Friendly Community, has a rich history of hosting transportation innovation, starting with the Studebaker brothers first putting the city on the map as the home to wagon building in the mid-18th century.

This week I attended the first FHWA automated vehicle workshop in a series meant to facilitate information sharing, identify key issues and support the safe integration of AVs into our transportation network.